Temporary binder.



No. 697,889. Patented Apr. I5, |902. E. A. REDDE.

TEMPORARY BINDER.

(Application led Nov. 25, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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TEMPORARY BINDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 697,889, dated April 15, 1902. Application filed November 25, 1901. Serial No. 83,639. (No model.)

T0 all whom it may concern-.-

Be it known that I, GUsTAv ADOLPH ROEDDE, residing at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in rlemporary Binders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in that class of temporary binders for holding magazines, pamphlets, oto., within book-covers in such manner that they will be held therein in a good condition for subsequent permanent binding and for convenient handling while reading; and my present invention more particularly seeks to improve the form of temporary binder or holder devices fully disclosed in my allowed application for patent iiled March l1, 1901, Serial No. 50,669.

In my other application is included a U- shaped casing, in which at one end is pivotally joined a series of swinging binder or locking bars, the outer or free ends of which are arranged to coperate with a suitable lock mechanism for holding the bars to their closed position, and the U-shaped casing has means in the nature of clamp extensions adapted to bend under the cover and permanently hold the casing upon the cover. From practical experience with the type of binder or paper and magazine holding devices shown in my other application referred to I have found that while said parts effectively serve for their intended purposes, yet the results have not been all that is desired. For example, by reason of forming the cover clamp members as an integral part of the casing it is inconvenient to disconnect the casing from the cover, and, furthermore, in the det-aching of the casing the clamp members frequently break off, and hence leave the holder or binder devices without practical means for iirmly securing the same to the cover. Again, by reason of the difference in sewing or stitching of the pamphlets or magazines the binding edge or back of the magazines or pamphlets has a loose play between the lock-bars and the casing-bottom, which makes it difficult to make a fiat opening thereof. Again, the U- shaped form of the casing, with its special construction of hinge andlock ends, is such as to make the manufacture thereof too expensive and difficult.

My presentinvention primarily seeks, first, to cheapen the cost of manufacture and render the several parts of a more stable and compact nature; second, to provide means for holding the pamphlet or magazine in a rm manner on the locking-bars, and, third, to provide a special means separate of the casing for securely clamping the casing upon the cover and capable of being conveniently detached from the cover, whereby the holding devices can be used with dierent covers as may be desired.

In its more subordinate nature my present invention also includes other details and peculiar combination of parts, all of which will hereinafter be fully explained, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which-V Figure l is a perspective view illustrating my invention as in use. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the same, the pamphlets or magazines being omitted, one of the locking-bars being swung upward, and the lock-hinge thrown back. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of the same on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a cross-'section thereof on the line 4 4E of Fig. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the several parts constituting the casing detached, and Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of one of the clamp members for detachably securing the casing to the cover. Fig. 7 is a detail plan of the end of my device. Fig. 8 is a detail section showing how the pamphlet is held up by the spring-pressure.

In my present construction the casing in which the hinged locking-bars are supported is also of U shape in cross-section; but the same consists of three members, (designated by l 2 3,) each of which has a special construction, and the three are adapted to be cooperatively joined in such manner that the casing can be economically made, and when the several parts thereof are assembled, as hereinafter fully explained, the whole will form a compact, rigid, and tight casing or holder member.

The part 1 consists of an oblong metal IOO strap, one end of which is turned up at right angles, as at 1a, to form a vertical support, and the upper edge of the support 1 is turned over to form a sleeve 1b, which is slitted, as at 1, for the reception of the apertured ends 4a of the lock-bars 4, which are pivotally connected to the end 1a by the pintle 5X, held on the sleeve 1b, as shown. On the opposite end the member l is also turned up, as at 1d, and against said end is fitted a lock mechanism 5, preferably a spring-lock, having a hinged keeper arranged similar to the keeper shown in my other application referred to and to close down over the flat ends 4c of the bars 4, as clearly shown in Fig. 3.

The members 2 and 3 are constructed alike and each consists of a base portion 2a 3a, a side 2b 3b, and the ends 2 3, and the member 3 is of a slightly less length and height to snugly fit onto the member 2, the two members 2 and 3 being a right and a left portion,

' whereby\when assembled on the member 1 the whole in cross section will produce a U-shaped casing. The ends of the members 2 and 3 have slots 2"i 3X for the passage of fastening studs or screws 6 6, that securely hold same in place on the member 1, and centrally the base portions 2a 3a have each an opening that register with each other and seat over a lug 1X, projected up from the bottom member 1, the reason for which will be presently explained.

Y The complete casing in my present construction is adapted for detachably joining with the center or exible joint of the cover member, and to provide for conveniently but rmly securing the said casing I provide a special form of clamp member, one of which is used at each end of the cover, and said clamp members (designated generally by C) each consist of a metal plate of a width about that of member 1, having one end c extended through a slit a in the Vertical end portions of the member 1, adapted to lie iatwise on the bottom member 1 and having a crossslot c2. The other part c3 of the plate is bent over the outer edge of the cover, (see Fig. 3,)

bent iiatwise against the outer face thereof, as at c4, and terminates in a tongue c5, adapted to be pushed up through a slot cX in the cover and a slot 1Z in the base=plate of member 1, that registers with the slot c2 in plate c, through said slot c2, and be bent down over the plate c', as clearly shown in Fig. 3.

It is obvious that by providing a clamping device of the character described the casing can be rmly and fiXedly held on the cover and be readily removed by simply turning back the tongue c5 and pulling it back through the slots aforesaid, and thereby permit the use of the casing on different backs or book-covers, as may be desired, and the ready removal of the casing with the secured pamphlets or magazines for attachment with another or different cover.

7 designates a hanger-ring vsecured to one end of the casing. So far as described it will be noticed the casing, being made in three pieces,admits of the said pieces being stamped up at a small cost and in such way that they can be readily assembled by unskilled labor.

The locking-bars 4 in my present form are made like those shown in my other application referred to, and consist of thin eXible members, the body portion of which has the sides in planes parallel with the side Walls of the casing, and the outer or free end of each bar has a quarter-twist to cause the end to lie in a plane at right angles to the body, whereby it will lie flatwise on the lock-body, to be clamped under the hinged member of the lock, as shown.

As before stated, in the construction disclosed in my other application the pamphlet or magazine binding edge or back has a loose play within the casing, which makes a iiatwise lopening of the same difficult at times. This in my present invention is avoided by providing a yielding member within the casing, against which the back edge of the pamphlet or magazine rests, and said yielding member is preferably in the nature of a flat or leaf spring S of substantially the width of the casing when but several locking -bars are used, and said spring is centrally fastened to the stud l*I on the base and has its opposite ends bent upward, as best shown in Fig. 3. W'hen the casin g is of considerable width and has a larger number of locking-bars, two or more of the spring-plates S may be used. By providing a yielding back bearing, as described, the back of the magazine or pamphlet will be always pressed up against the bars 4 and the pamphlet or magazine so held as to permit opening the same iiatwise. lf desired, the spring S may be detachably held on the casing in anysuitable manner. For example, the lug 1X may have two tongues 1y 1y to bend over the upper face of the spring and clamp it in place, as shown in Fig. 3. The lock mechanism in my present case is also key-released to prevent the removal of the papers or magazines from the cover or holder.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat'- ent, is-

1. A temporary binder, comprising a casing, clamping devices detachably secured to the ends of the casin g, adapted to extend over the edges of a cover, locking-bars hinged at one end to the casing to swing lengthwise thereof, and means for locking the free ends of the bars to the casing, as set forth.

2. A temporary binder, comprising in combination; with a book cover, a casing eX- tended longitudinally thereof, locking-bars pivotally mounted on the one end of the casing to swing upward in a vertical plane, a lock device in the other end of the casing for securing the free ends of the locking-bars to their closed position, clamp members detachably connected to the ends of the casing,

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adapted to clamp over the outer edges of the cover, whereby to hold the casing iirmly on the cover, as speoied.

3. A temporary binder, comprising in combination, with a book-cover, a U-shaped casing extended longitudinally on the foldable part of the cover, locking-'bars pivotally mounted on one end of the easing to swing upward in a vertical plane, a lock device in the other end of the casing for securing the free ends of the locking-bars to their closed position, said casing having clamps for engaging the outer edges of the cover, and a leaf-spring secured to the bottom of the casing, extended lengthwise thereof, and having its free ends held to press upward in the direction of the locking-bars, all being arranged substantially as shown and described.

4. A temporary binder, comprising a casing consisting of the three independent sec tions 1, 2, 3, adapted, when itted together, to form a U-shaped body, the lower section l having a Vertical end, and a hinge-pintle journaled transversely of the casing on said end, a lock device on the other end of the casing, and locking-bars pivotally secured at one end on the aforesaid hinge-pintle, their other end being made to engage the looking device when closed down, and means for detachably securing the casing to a book-cover, all being arranged substantially as shown and for the purposes described.

GUSTAV A. ROEDDE.

Witnesses:

A. E. DIETERICH, LoUIs DIETERICH. 

